Institutional ticker directory tracking stock mentions, long/short ideas, and high-conviction pitches extracted from quarterly hedge fund letters.
| Ticker | Company | Sector | Industry | Pitches | Stance |
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| Fund / Manager | Thesis Excerpt | Stance | Period / Date | Action |
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Curreen Capital Christian Ryther | “Later in the quarter we sold shares of Credit Acceptance, reducing it to a bit more than 1% of the fund. We used the bulk of the proceeds to buy Kontoor, a stock that we have owned before. Kontoor spun out of VF Corp in 2019, comprising the jeans businesses Wrangler, and Lee. Since the spinoff, Kontoor has been a well-managed cash cow that has paid dividends and repurchased its stock. I think the Kontoor story changed earlier this year when the company bought Helly Hansen, an Outdoor and Workwear brand. The acquisition closed in July and appears to be going well. Before this acquisition, Kontoor was a well-managed cash cow that did not grow, as exemplified by their annual revenues still lagging behind their 2007 level. With the Helly Hansen acquisition, Kontoor appears to be dusting off the old VF Corp playbook: borrow to buy a good brand, manage it well, pay down debt, and repeat. Adding growth makes a well-managed cash cow more valuable, and that is what I believe is happening at Kontoor. We paid $72.54/share for our position. BSD Analysis: The fund is bullish on Kontoor's transition from cash cow to growth compounder post-Helly Hansen acquisition. Strong cash flow, disciplined capital deployment, and brand synergies support mid-teens EPS growth. Trading at ~12x P/E with dividend yield >4%, risk/reward remains attractive.” | BULL | Q3 2025 Sep 30, 2025 | View Pitch |
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